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Melanie Martinez
Melanie Adele Martinez is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York, Martinez rose to fame in 2012 after appearing on season 3 of the American television talent show The Voice. Following the show, she was signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut single "Dollhouse", which was certificed 2× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Amer…
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entertainment · American singer-songwriter (born 1995) · singer · guitarist · film director · composer · actor · lyricist · photographer · musician · also Melanie Martinez, Melanie Adele Martinez, Martinez
Born 28 April 1995 · Q16211162
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2026· 21 entries
Published video “𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔱?”.
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Public attention spiked: 9,699 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5× the usual 1,936, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Sexual assault allegation Tweaked biased language.
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Public attention spiked: 15,834 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.2× the usual 1,936, with 2 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 123,285 Wikipedia readers in one day, 63.7× the usual 1,936, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Rescuing 43 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5
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Published video “Melanie Martinez - THE VATICAN LIVE | From THE HADES RITUAL | Los Angeles | 6 April 2026”.
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Published video “It’s so 𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖔𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖈 the way you pray to 𝖒𝖊𝖓.”.
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Published video “𝐻𝒜𝒟𝐸𝒮: 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒮𝒜𝒞𝑅𝐼𝐹𝐼𝒞𝐸 North America, Europe and the UK♡˚”.
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Published video “𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔰 𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩 MEXICO CITY ⋆ 𓆑 ⋆｡𖦹see you tomorrow LA ♡˚”.
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Published video “𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔰 𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩 NYC”.
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Published video “Melanie Martinez – HADES Listening Chamber | London, England | 17 Mar 2026”.
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Published video “UNCANNY VALLEY SINGLE AND MY NEW ALBUM HADES IS OUT NOW!!!! ⋆｡♡˚”.
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Published video “Melanie Martinez - GUTTER (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Melanie Martinez - GARBAGE (Official Audio)”.
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Released album “ELSYIUM - Sessions”.
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Released album “HADES”.
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Released ep “THE VATICAN”.
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Released album “The Cry Baby Collection”.
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Martinez blacked out her social media accounts alongside her website
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Debuting at number 3 in the United States
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2024· 4 entries
Heller issued a new video statement reasserting her story, as well as denying claims that she had "admitted to lying"
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Released album “Melanie Martinez 서울 / Manila / Singapore / 東京”.
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Martinez also headlined the world-famous Lollapalooza festival in Chicago as well as the Corona Capital festival in Mexico City
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Martinez embarked on her sold-out arena tour titled The Trilogy Tour, featuring songs from her three studio albums, Cry Baby, K–12, and Portals
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2023· 3 entries
And was promoted with the singles, "Death" and "Void" which charted at number 95 and 61 respectively, marking her first original appearances on the Billboard Hot 100
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Released album “PORTALS”.
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After archiving all her Instagram posts, Martinez teased her third studio album, Portals
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2022· 1 entry
Released ep “Discarded”.
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2021· 1 entry
Martinez featured on Forbes's Under 30 list
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2020· 2 entries
Released ep “After School EP”.
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In Brixton, England due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2019· 2 entries
Released album “K–12”.
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Martinez released a teaser trailer for her second studio album, K–12
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2018· 2 entries
Released album “See in Me What I Can’t”.
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Released album “Unreleased”.
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2017· 3 entries
Martinez released a second statement thanking her fans for analyzing past social media posts that "reveal [Heller's] false statements" and claiming she "would never be intimate with someone without their absolute consent
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Timothy Heller, a woman with whom Martinez once shared a friendship, alleged via Twitter that Martinez had sexually assaulted and raped her two years prior
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Which Martinez strongly denied, asserting that any intimacy was consensual
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2016· 2 entries
Released ep “Cry Baby’s Extra Clutter EP”.
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Released ep “Pity Party EP”.
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2015· 5 entries
And a brown lipstick called "Teddy Bear" on March 9, 2016
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Released album “Cry Baby”.
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To moderate critical acclaim and debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard 200
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Martinez released the single "Pity Party", which sampled Lesley Gore's "It's My Party"
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Martinez released her debut studio album, Cry Baby
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2014· 2 entries
Released ep “Dollhouse EP”.
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Martinez signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut EP, Dollhouse, a month later on May 19, 2014
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2013· 1 entry
Hosting charity concerts and using performance proceeds to support the organization's work against child sex trafficking
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2012· 2 entries
After appearing on season 3 of the American television talent show The Voice
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During her junior year of high school, Martinez participated in the MSG's Varsity Talent Show, a televised talent competition
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1996· 1 entry
At age sixteen, after watching 101 Dalmatians (1996), Martinez dyed half of her hair blonde, in the same vein as Cruella de Vil.
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1995· 2 entries
In Astoria, Queens, to parents Mery and Jose Martinez who are of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent
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Born 1995-04-28.
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